Robert McFie my father was born at the Waulk Mill, Innerkip Parish ( see map ) on the 11 Feb & baptized 15th 1746, he was educated at Innerkip, he wrought as a joiner with his brother William, at Bridgend for some time and came to Greenock about the year 1765, he wrought for some time with the late Robt Buine, ( father of Provost Buine) . About this time he complained, of a pain in the chest, I think in consequence of a severe fever, he then turned his attention, to a grocers shop & began in 1769, with a partner James Orr his cousin. Mr Orr seems to have been thoughtless, for in less than a year, my father assumed the business to himself, paid all the debts, removed from the Bell Entry

to William Street, (New Street)

which was a house of one story, he has often told me , he began with 26 (GPS) nearly all of which had been saved by himself, by his own labour, his father could give him little assistance.

My father must have been very industrious , as he married in 1772, Mary Andrew , furnished a house and in 1784, brought the ground on which his shop was, for which he paid 200 it is scarcely 4 falls, but the situation was very good as the business is carried on to this day (in the same place), in 1784 he built the house & shop , which now belongs to my brother John Macfie of Edin. This house cost about 600 (GPS), the (unreadable ) wood of which it was built, only cost 1/1p. foot, from about 1775 he did a large business, as in addition to his general business, he became a partner in a whale fishing concern, I recollect of one ship they had the ANN which sailed from Pt Glasgow, at this time , a considerable part of sugars imported, were the property of merchants in Greenock, he brought largely, from them and went to Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr when he sold them , and from about 1774, up to 1804, he had a great share of the trade, to Campbelltown, Rothesay, Terbert, Largs & surroundings etc

In 1788 my father with Jas Hunter, Wm Ritchie, Geo Robertson, John Wilson, Tho Ramsay, Wm McCunn ( McEwen) and Nicolas Witte, fixed on building a sugarhouse, for which purpose they bought the property of John Johnstone in Sugarhouse Lane , on which was a dwelling house, and mahogany rails, to the stair marble Jambs which they converted into a small sugarhouse. Wm McCunn (McEwen) junr was manager and N Witte the boiler. The capital advanced was 4000, each partner advanced 500 but they got a good deal of money on loan Wm Ritchie , my father bought the sugar for many years for the concern, when they began they could not boil more than 300 hhds pr an but they enlarged the house after it was burned in 1793 and again after the fire of 1795, when they added another pan ( formerly they had only 2 pans) and boiled ( unreadable) having a very large stock of refined sugars which they could not sell they agreed that each partner should take his proportion of the goods & do what he could with them. I think my fathers share of them was 4 tons of lumps 2 tons of loaves& & a parcel of treacle. When they gave up the advance of 500 was worth 1350. They had been paid 5 % pr/an on the 500, the Sugarhouse was sold to John McAlpine who had become a partner & my father bought the property opposite.

Unfortunately many of the older postal street guides were not safe guarded and are not available for consultation, thus we are left with speculation as to what might have occurred back in those days. We have William's notes stating that in 1769 Robert , his father was in business with his cousin at the Bell Entry location. then from notes in the volumes of Old Greenock we find Robert had a first purchased at building at 15 and17 William St. , which of course was the new street we see listed in the 1783 guide above. By 1815 Robert had moved to Orangefield on Innerkip St. The shop however remained at 15 William St until some time around until in 1841 we find it's address to be 3 William St, which is much closer to the docks of Greenock.

By 1815 there are other Mcfie families living in Greenock, Bryce, Alex and James the grocer, do not appear to be of Robert's immediate line, or so far we have no proof they are ( ca 2016). William his son is now a merchant, Mrs James, his sister in living in it is believed to be a house once own by here brother and provided to her after the loss of her husband in 1807. The two Roberts and the one William a tidesman are believed to be from Robert' brother , William's family ( yet to be confirmed) ..

By 1841 we find even more Mcfie residing in Greenock.

Bryce is still involved with musical instruments, then there are two James neither of whom appear to belong to the line of Robert. John the engineer is William's ( Robert's brother) son, where as John the coal mercahant and John the cork cuter are not. Macfie Lindsay & Co, is now located at 3 William St, and the sugar refining plant is located on Bogle St. ( see ) Robert the vintner as Bell entry in not part of the family, but Robert who is at 9 East Blackhall is a grandson. William the plumber is a nephew and is living a 1 East Stewart St. William A, who is Margaret's son is on his own as manager of a rice mill and is living at 1 Trafalgar, having left the employ of Macfie , Lindsay & Co. The two Miss McFies who reside on Dalrymple and Dellingburn streets do not appear to belong to our family, where as Miss, and Mrs James of Orangefield are , the Mrs being the daughter of Robert who by this time had passed away (1827) and had no doubt left this house to his daughter. Mrs Robert of Boyd St and Mrs Mcfie of Spingkel St. still have to be investigated a bit more if at all possible

No research had been made as far as it is know to establish whether James Macfie was descended from the same line as Mary Macfie. Nothing was done at the time the families were living to establish any liens and now some 200 years later it becomes an almost impossible task. Possibly the marriage records at the times, if indeed they were completed in detail, might contain the names of Jame's parents , but this would only allow us to step back one generation, it is not known if that would be sufficient to help discover the origins of James Macfie's family. ( Note year 2016 - Some one had posted on Ancestry.com that James was born at Galachan , on the Isle of Bute, in 1772 , parents being James McFee and Janet McConachy - however I have no proved that this is exact)

In the year 1807, Captain James Macfie sailed for Buenos Aires on the brig Garland and was never heard of again. For a time it was suspected, that he and his ship had been taken captive by the French, and been carried to a settlement in the West Indies, as he had had a similar experience in 1805. However it was soon assumed that he had indeed been lost at sea. ( note : year 2016, I am still attempting to verify this information i have found several vessels names Garland, but none with a Capt. James Macfie not matter the spelling - at this particular time the English were fighting the Spaniards in Buenos Aires . yet no Captain James Macfie is mentioned as being in the Navy or Army ) Much work need to be done to sort this information out.

About 1815 a considerable share in the business of Macfie, Lindsay & Co was given to Mrs James Macfie, to assist her in bringing up her family. A few years later her son William Andrew, entered the concern as an apprentice, he subsequently became a partner in it and remained with the firm until 1837. William Andrew married in to the Thorburn family of Sweden and his descendants later moved to British Columbia Canada

In June William Andrew Macfie expressed a desire to retire from
Macfie Lindsay & Co, his place was taken by John Graham, who had
just given up his mill.We then find William A as manager of a rice mill in Greenock

Mary Macfie (1780 -1853) mother of Mary Graham, is the sister of Margaret Macfie (1774-1853) , who is the mother of James Macfie , making James Macfie and his wife Mary Graham first cousins both having the same grandfather Robert McFie .........

James was in Nassau about 1820.
James Macfie was business partners with Colin Campbell in Jamaica

Early in the year 1836 James Macfie decided not to go back to Jamaica, and arranged with his partners to take up a post at Glasgow. In November he became engaged to his cousin May Graham and they were married on the 7th of Februrary 1837..

Glasgow Street guides 1820 -1856

1820

|

The; Dugald working at Jame's place of business we believe to be an uncle on his father's side( not yet confirmed ca 2016) Dugald as a proper names does not figure into the sugar Macfie side of the family. There is a Duglad Macfie who married a Jane Andrew who had been mentioned in Wlliam Macfie's notes as not of his immediate family, which allows us to assume Dugald derives from one of the many other lines of Macfie none of which have yet been investigated.

As can be seen James Macfie has his office in the same location as his grandfather's business

The 1901 census shows John G Macfie born Scotland, living in Lancashire , Moss Side Parish and holding a commission with the East India Company

David held a position with the Borneo Company Ltd. in London, a company which had as director Robert Henderson, of R & J Henderson of Glasgow, merchants . John , the J in R & J Henderson of Glasgow, was married to Mary Macfie, daughter of John Macfie of Leith. John Macfie was brother to David's great grand mother, making David and John of R & J Henderson 1st cousins 2 times removed by marriage. Back then in most cases family relationships were utilized very efficiently proving positions for the up and coming young men oft he following generation so we could assume David had been fortunate in obtaining his position.

David attended along with his brothers

David was sent to Siam in 18 as an assistant manager for the teak wood harvesting operations :

( Notes written by R W Woods.)

Macfie, David Flemming ( B C L ( British)

D F Macfie was another of Chiang Mai's eminent men. Though Scottish, his family had established themselves in Manchester in the cotton business ( has to be verified). Macfie was educated at Charterhouse, where he represented the school in the public school's racquet championship at Queens and also at football, which later he played for the Cortinthians. He was not attracted to the family business and in January 1893 arrived in Chiang Mai as a forest assistant under Louis Leonowens, who was then employed by BCL to acquire teak leases from the Chao Luang. Leonowen's ploy was to loose money gambling with the Chao and Macfie was expected to attend these sessions, but as he lived on the opposite side of the river and had no boat he was sometimes compelled to swim across, with dry clothes waiting for him on the other bank. He also had the junior's privilege of gambling with his own money.

Leonowens however was before long found wanting by BCL and resigned. After a probationary period Macfie was appointed Forest Manager, which he remained until his retirement in 1927. During this time he controlled the BCL forest leases, which in the main comprised the whole of the west bank of the Mae Ping, from Chiang Mai to Tak, with one or two others to the north and in Lampang. One area he obtained was a gift from King Prajadhipok, Rama VII, who visited Chiang Mai ( the first King ever to do so) ( almost like his great grand uncle John of Leith) in 1927 to open the railway station , which marked the final completion of the Bangkok-Chiang Mai line. A calf born shortly before, in the BCL herd was found to be a scared White Elepant, which was presented to his Majesty ceremoniously. The Mae Yuak forest was subsequently Royaly gifted in appreciation. Macfie himself was appointed to the Order of the White Elephant.

Macfie was a founding member of the Chiengmai Cymkhana Club in 1898, where he was active in sports for many years, notably polo and tennis, while his home leaves were occupied with sailing. His hobbies included cartography in which he skilled, though unfortunately much of this was lost. One work of his which does survive is the " Chiang Mai Record" in which he lists year by year the names and movements of all European residents and visitors : this extends from 1884 to 1919 when he discontinued it and is a virtual source of information.

In 1927 he retired to a house he had built for himself and his family at the foot of the Chiang Mail hill, and lived there until he was interned in Bankok from 1941-1945. The internment camp was controlled by the Thais and the Japanese and therefore less severe than some , but severe enough for a man of 70 and he died in Chaing Mai four months after his release.

Macfie Mrs Kammao

Born 1882, died 13 November 1968 aged 86

Though born Thai, the acquired British nationally automatically on her marriage to D F Macfie, according to the British marriage laws of that time. As a girl she had been handmaiden to one of the princesses of Chiang Mai and accompanined her to Bankok when the princess joined the court of King Chulalongkorn, returning to Chiang Mai to marry. \She became a Cristian and was active in church work in her neighbourhood, where she built several churches.

Macfie Angus Flemming born August 1910, died July 1989 aged 79 of cancer.

He was born in Chiang Mai, the fourth and youngest child of D F Macfie and Nag Kammao and spent his infancy in Chiang Mai. About 1916 he was sent to Hong Kong, along with two of his three sisters, as boarders at Darsen School on Kowloon, and in 1919 the same group were sent under command of two governesses to Jeanne d'Arc School, in San Remo Italy to prepare for schooling in England. he then spent 1920- 1924 at Hilcrest Preparatory School at Swanage Dorset, passing into the Scottish School Genalmond where he remained until 1930. It is said by his school master there , that his main interest appeared to be sports and he was the school's rugby full back for two years, besides winning a number of athletic prizes.

From 1930-1934 he studied at Camborne School of Mines, in Cornwall where he qualified as a mining surveyor. While at Cambornes he excelled as a ruby footballer, playing regularly for the school, Camborne Club and once for Cornwall County.

From 1934-39 he was employed in Nigeria by the Yalwah Obosse Gold Mining Co, but on the outbreak of war returned to England and joined up. He spent the next six years in the army, fininishing up in Europe where he had landed tow days after the 1944 invasion as a Sergent in the 9th Survey Regiment Royal Artillery . After demobilization he returned to Chiang Mai where his father had recently died in 1946 to rejoin his mother, who he had not seen for thirty years. Her first reaction was to give me a bath, aged 36 !. He had by this time became in effect an Englishman visitor and never really acquired enough Thai to communicate with her. He found no suitable employment in Thailand and in 1949 went of to Malaya to join a British firm , Sir Bruce White and Partners as a mine's surveyor. About 1960, he decided to go on his own and settled at Ipoh as a partner of a survey firm called Macfie & Wilson, until his final retirement in 1980 when he returned to Chiang Mai close to his sister Violet.

During the whole of his twenty years in at Ipoh, he lived in one small room at the Ipoh Club and at no time showed any special interest in domestic comfort. On various visits to Chiang Mai , he was usually presented by his relations with eligible girls ( whom he thoroughly enjoyed) but always seemed to escape quite honourably from matrimony. He was curiously indifferent to money, though neither neither spendthrift nor a lender and as generous as the next man. he had inherited ( from his father) gift of rhymes , which he composed as family bard ( comic) for all special occasion and was also a remarkable good writer of letters.

What impressed people the most was his imperturbability in crises, real or imaginary and his totally unmalicious attitude to the world her lived in, a man empty of guile, but full of friendliness and good sense.

_______________________________________________________________

The Borneo Company ( link)

___________________________________________________________________

More accumulated notes :

David married a hand maiden of the Princes of Siam, his children were all born there, the three daughters are buried along with their parents in the Chiang Mai Foreign cemetry, Thailand.

Extract from book written by W.S. Bristowe 1976 : Louis and the King of Siam :

" Macfie was 43 before he was officially married in 1913 and was very very hurt that his freinds did not call on his Lao wife or when Bristowe mentioned about Mr W W Wood in his sources and notes, Like other men of his time he was class-conscious where Europeans were concerned, but a throughly decent fellow. D F Macfie was a manager of Borneo Co. Ltd in Chian Mai since 1899.

His wife was Kam Mao. The couple had together three children all born before they were officially married. He died in Chiang Mai in 1945"

David was a founding member of the Chiang Mai Gymkhana Club 1898

The Chiang Mai Record was kpet by D F Macfie from 1884 to 1919 noting the names and movements of Foreign residents and visitors in the north of Siam.

Just over a century ago a group of expatriates, mainly British and living in the North of Siam (Thailand) spent many of their leisure hours playing Squash. Most were in the then highly lucrative timber trade and thus it is not surprising that they built their courts from Teak

On of these happy band of Squash players was D F Macfie who worked for the Borneo Company and appears in Squash records from the middle 1890's to the middle 1920's. He played all his Squash during this period on Teak courts whilst he was in Northern Thailand ( Siam) He was one of the 14 founder members of the Chiengmai Gymkhana Club ( Louis Leonowens, whose wife Anna was the famous " The King and I" Anna, was another) which started in 1898. The Club still exists and although Polo is no longer played they still play Squash. They have a thriving Squash section playing on two modern courts which were built in 1979 and 1985. When the second court was completed the Teak court was dismantled and we believe put in storage.

There were a number of such courts but all but one have disappeared or have been converted to other use. Once still remains in Chiengmai, in the compound of the old Bornoe Company, but this is now a home. Traces of the wall sidelines were still visible when last inspected.

Mr Macfie left and out standing legacy. This was the " Chiengmai Cup " for doubles squash, which he presented to the Royal Bankok Sports Club in 1910. The competition for this cup has been played almost continuously sine 1910 to this date. The only times it was not played were the war years and a couple of " administrative slippages". We believe the competition hold the record for the longest still played.

________________________

Squash a second version

Just over a century ago a group of expatriates, mainly British and living in the North of Siam (Thailand) spent many of their
leisure hours playing Squash. Most were in the then highly lucrative
timber trade and thus it is not surprising that they built their courts
from Teak

On of these happy band of Squash players was D F Macfie
who worked for the Borneo Company and appears in Squash records from the
middle 1890's to the middle 1920's. He played all his Squash during
this period on Teak courts whilst he was in Northern Thailand ( Siam) He
was one of the 14 founder members of the Chiengmai Gymkhana Club (
Louis Leonowens, whose wife Anna was the famous " The King and I" Anna,
was another) which started in 1898. The Club still exists and although
Polo is no longer played they still play Squash. They have a thriving
Squash section playing on two modern courts.

Mr Macfie was obviously an enthusiastic and durable payer. Records show that he was the winner of a number of competitions, including the Chiengmai Cup in 1913, In 1921 and 1922 he was the winner, with a Mr. Queripel, of the doubles in the North of Thailand, Mr Queripel obviously did not exert all his energy on the squash courts as he is known to be the father of 23 children. Some of his descendants still live in Chiengmai

Mr macfie retired in Chiengmai in 1927, was interned in bankok by the Japanese during World War 2 and died in Chiengmai in December 1945, four months after his release from the camp. His son Angus died in 1989 and his daughter Violet in 1992, whilst both were living in Chiengmai

Perpetuating the name of Mr Macfie is the Chiengmai Cup that he presented to the Royal Bankok Sports Club in 1090 and was first played for in 1910.

________________________________________

In the early days of the Asylum , the support was entirey local, coming from foreign and Siamese friends in Chiengmai and vicinity. From before the days of the Asylum, when we were giving unorganized aid to the wandering lepers, until the present time Mr. D F Macfie has solicited funds for the lepers each year during a period of more than a quarter of a century.

Foreign Cemetray

photos

|

Violet Macfie
1905-1992

Married

Siam

Mr Posayawat18xx-xxxx

V

|

Violet is buried in the Foreign Cemetery in Chiang Mai along side her parents

Mollie was born in Chiang Mai, the second child of D F Macfie and Nang Kammao, and sister to Violet, Norah and Angus and spent her infancy in Chiang Mai. in 1916 at the age of 7 she was sent by her father, together with Norah and Angus to be educated in Europe. But owing to the Great War, they were forced to sail to Hong Knong and remined as boarders at the Diocesan School in Kowloon. When the war ended the three youngster were sent with two governesses to Jeanne d'Arc School in San Remo Italy to prepare for school in England. There she attended Roedean in Sussex and later a finishing school in Switzerland. She then went to the school of Domestic Science in Edinburgh Scotland.

When she was 25 years of age she returned to Chiang Mai and lived with her mother, father and sisters Violet and Norah at " Hillside" ( adjacent to what is no Chiang Mai University) She taught English at Prince Royal College and was a nurses aide at the McCormick Hospital.

On 27 June 1933 she married Hugh Mckean in Penang Malaysia and honeymooned in Indonesia. Hugh was the son of Dr. James and Laura McKean ( founder of the McKean Leper Asylum) Around that time Hugh McKean became superintendent of the Chiang Mai Leper Asylum. They made their home outside Chiang Mai and raised their children David James and Catherine MAay until the Second World War. The family were among those who evacuated to norther Thiland escaping into Burma and then on to India as the Japanese came north.

Upon arriving in India her husband's health quickly deteriorated and he was too ill to be evacuated, he died shortly after. With her two children she then traveled to Northern India to help in a mission . They were later able to board the last ship out of India to the United States where they resided with Dr, James and Mrs McKean.

For the remainder of the war, Mollie volunteered to serve as at a hospital in Long Beach California as a nurses aide and also worked with the USO ( service organization for soldier on leave from the war). When the Second World War ended, the US Immigration demanded that Mollie return to Thailand. She left her two children in the care of her sister-in-law Kate McKean Garvin, due to the uncertain condition is Thailand.

For some time she fought with the Us Immigration, though later returned to the United States and won her citizenship. During that time she had kept in contact with Thomas Reid who she had first met during her USO service and they were married in 1952. They raised David and Catherine in Los Angeles California and made numerous trips to Thailand to visit the Macfie family. Thomas passed away during a family Christmas reunion at " Riverside " Chiang Mai.

Mollie returned home to Los Angeles where she had maintained her home and lived independently until health concerns made it advisable to move in with her daughter. She died peacefully at home. She is survived by her son David McKean and his children Mary Catherine and Morgan James and her daughter Catherine McKean Royer and her children Kat and Mollie.

She was a woman of great personal strenght and courage, a fine model for her family, always looking to the future with a generosity of heart and good cheer. She was deeply loved and admired by all.

____________________________

Mckean : James Hugh

Born November 18 1893 died May 6 1942

Hugh McKean was born in Chiang Mai, the son of Dr and Mrs James W Mckean, missionaries of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and founder of the McKean Leper Asylum, now the McKean Rehabilitation Center. He and his siter Kate were raised in Ciang Mai but then left Thailand to attend Wooster College and the University of Michigan from where he graduated in 1916. After a year post-graduate study at John Hopkins University, Hugh McKean applied to the Board for an appointment to the Thailand Mission, with the desire to assist his father in the leprosy work in Chiang Mai. Before he could be sent to Thailand he was called for military service in the First World War.

After the war he was appointed to the Thailand Mission on February 1922. He was also business manager of the McCormick Hospital and Chiang Mai Dispensaries, treasurer of the station and manager of the Chiang Mai Mission Press. When his father retired from active missionary work, Hugh became superintendent of the Chiang Mai Leper Asylum. he had an unusual knowledge of leprosy and his missionary associates wrote that " though he did not have an MD, he knew more about leprosy than the average physician". He was also deeply interested in the spiritual welfare of his patients.

He married Mollie Macfie and had two children. As the Japanese moved north during the Second World War, Hugh and family left for Burma and then on to India. He had been in poor health for some time prior to the evacuation, however his courage and patience were unfailing.

When he and his family arrived in India, he was too ill to travel on a troop ship so was taken to Miraj Hospital where he passed away.

__________________________________________

|

David James McKean
1939-xxxx

MarriedLos Angeles, Ca

Miss Unknownxxxx-xxxx

V

Mary Catherine McKean19xx-xxxx

Morgan James McKean19xx-xxxx

_______________________________

|

Catherine Mary McKean
19xx-xxxx

MarriedLos Angeles,Ca

William Royer19xx-xxxx

V

Kate Royer19xx-xxxx

Mollie Royer19xx-xxxx

____________________________________

|

2nd marriage

Mollie Macfie
1908-1993

Married1952Los Angeles , Ca

Thomas Monroe Reid1902-1987

REID : Thomas Monroe

Born September 1902 in Athens Georgia ( USA) died 24 December 1987 aged 85 in Chiang Mai ( heart failure)

His mother was a teacher who inbuded his with a great love for learning and sent him to California where there were better schools , to live with his grandparents during his high school years. It was something of a handicap in the America of the 1920's that he was part negro and it says volumes for his character and ability that he achieved the rare distinction pf admission to the University of Southern California where he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in history, working at night to pay for his education. He attended Graduate School at Columbia University of New York and achieved a Master's Degree in Education.

He then obtained a permanent position in the U S Postal Administration , but continued in his spare time to pursue his bent for self-education. He studied pharmacology and owned his own pharmacy, became a Certified Real Estate Broker and Appraiser and a Licensed Insurance Broker. He is remember for these remarkable achievements , also for his quiet struggles against prejudice, a much respected civic and church leader.

Druning his Second World War army service he met Mollie ( Macfie) McKean, widow of Dr Hugh Mckean of the McKean Leper Asylum and second daughter of D F Macfie. She was at the time an army nurses aide and had two young children.She returned to Thailand after the war but they kept in touch and in 1952 she married him and settled in the United States, where they lived in Los Angeles. They were on one of several visits to Chiang Mai to see her relatives when he died.

He was a quiet and modest man despite his notable struggles and achievements, but a man of self-confidence, forward looking, hopeful and optimistic of the future of his fellow man.

She was the third daughter of D F Macfie and Nang Kammao. At age 6 she was sent to school in Kowloon, Hong Kong with her brother Angus and sister Mollie, then to San Rerno Italy with governesses , from there she went to the prestigious Roedean School in Sussex and subsequently to a finishing school in Switzerland after which she attended Studley Agricultural College in England in a general an extremely comprehensive education.

ROEDEAN SCHOOL

This most famous of girls' schools was founded in October 1885,
with ten girls and no particular name, at 25 Lewes Crescent
by the Misses Dorothy, Millicent and Penelope Lawrence, in an effort to
provide more than the rudimentary education that it was then customary
for girls to receive. The school also took in 3 Arundel Terrace, 27 Lewes Crescent
and 37 Chesham Road before moving to 35-37 Sussex Square as the
Wimbledon House School; nos.34 and 29 Sussex Square were then taken in
1892 and 1893 respectively. The school had a playing-field off Roedean
Road where East Brighton Park now lies.
The large school buildings at Roedean were designed by Sir John Simpson
on an eighteen-acre site purchased from the Marquess of Abergavenny.
Construction commenced in March 1897, the foundation stone was laid on
26 July 1897 by Mrs Henry Sidgwick, principal of Newnham College,
Oxford, and Roedean School opened in January 1899. The Flemish-style
main building has large gables, a clock tower, and a 500-foot frontage;
the four projecting bays are the school's houses. Several new
developments were added before the Second World War
twenty-four more acres were purchased in 1903 and another
seventy-seven in 1930; a new chapel was dedicated in May 1906 by the
Bishop of Chichester; a swimming-pool first opened in 1907; the junior
school and sanatorium were opened in 1908; a new wing and a tunnel to
the beach were added in 1910; Roedean House was built in the 1920s; and
the Lawrence science building opened in July 1928. In 1938 Roedean
School was incorporated by Royal Charter.

STUDLEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

The college was founded by Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick. In 1898 she had founded Warwick Hostel in Reading to offer training to 'surplus women in the lighter branches of agriculture'. Warwick Hostel expanded and moved to Studley Castle in Warwickshire in 1903, becoming Studley Horticultural & Agricultural College for Women. An early student was Adela Pankhurst, and an early warden in the years before World War I was Dr Lillias Hamilton. Students included Taki Handa, a student and instructor at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan, who studied at Studley from 1906 to 1907 and designed a garden at Cowden Estate in Muckhart, Scotland. The College students undertook hard practical work in its greenhouses and vegetable gardens.

The College remained an all-women college throughout its existence,
closing in 1969. The assets were used to found the Studley College
Trust, a charitable trust that awards grants to students of agriculture
and horticulture.

Studley Castle has since become a conference centre and wedding venue.

|

She returned to Chiang Mai about 1930 , but only for a short time. From childhood she had suffered from what were once known as " brainstorms" and at this time the diagnosis indicated a brain tumour, requiring a very serious operation. She returned therefore to Britain , where the operation was preformed with complete success and convalesced in Denmark where she spent four years up to 1939. On the out break of the Second World War , she returned to England and lived at Dunkeld, Perthshire with her father's three sisters. During was service se met and married Frederick Sanders , a chemist, with whom she moved to Singapore after the war, where he daughter was born.

In the early 1950's she moved to Kuala Lumpur where she started divorce proceedings. They were handled by Morris Edgar, a well known Scottish Lawyer, and later on Norah became Mrs Edgar, also "Datin" when Edgar was raised to the Malaysin Title of " Datuk". They lived in Kula Lumpur until they both died, with in six months of each other. Norah was cremated and her ashes brought to Chiang Mai for burial, close to her father and mother as she wished.

Agnes Galt of course being the sister of John Galt the Novelist, and Aunt to Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt one of the Fathers of the Confederation of Canada, and Aunt to Sir Thomas Galt of the Supreme Court of the province of Ontario of Canada